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Performances are set to return for the spectacular production of Les Misérables -The Staged Concert at the Sondheim Theatre on 20 May 2021, booking until 5 September 2021. The principal cast are Jon Robyns as Jean Valjean, Bradley Jaden as Javert, Lucie Jones as Fantine, Gerard Carey as Thénardier, Josefina Gabrielle as Madame Thénardier, Shan... Continue Reading →
Jeffrey Seller and Cameron Mackintosh, producers of the West End production of Lin-Manuel Miranda’s Hamilton, are delighted to announce that from 19 August 2021 the show will resume performances at the Victoria Palace Theatre. Tickets are now on sale. After over a year of shutdown, the company will begin rehearsals shortly in advance of their... Continue Reading →
Cameron Mackintosh and Disney are delighted to announce that their Olivier award-winning production of Mary Poppins, ‘practically perfect in every way’, will resume performances at the Prince Edward Theatre from 7 August 2021. After over a year of shutdown, the company led by the critically acclaimed stars of the show Zizi Strallen as ‘Mary Poppins’... Continue Reading →
Andrew Lloyd Webber and Cameron Mackintosh are delighted to announce casting for the return of The Phantom of the Opera, to its home and birthplace Her Majesty’s Theatre. Tickets will go back on sale on Tuesday 4 May, following a priority on-sale on Friday 30 April for those signed up via the website. Lucy St... Continue Reading →
Wicked, the West End and Broadway musical phenomenon that tells the incredible untold story of the Witches of Oz, will return to London’s Apollo Victoria Theatre later this year, with performances resuming on Wednesday 15 September 2021. Wicked will mark its 15th anniversary at the Apollo Victoria Theatre later in the year and will host... Continue Reading →
PW Productions is delighted to announce that the West End’s second longest running play, Susan Hill’s The Woman in Black will embark on a UK Tour, opening at Cambridge Arts Theatre on Thursday 17 June 2021. The show will also return to the Fortune Theatre in the West End on Tuesday 7 September 2021. Tickets are on sale now. The producers are thrilled... Continue Reading →
Casting has been announced for the anticipated return of ABBA MANIA in the West End. Acclaimed performers Rhiannon Porter (Finalist, Eurovision: You Decide 2018; Les Misérables 25th Anniversary Production, O2 Arena), JoJo Desmond (Matthew Bourne’s Swan Lake; Lead Vocalist, Doctor Who Live, UK Arena Tour), Edward Handoll (BIG The Musical, West End; Saturday Night Fever,... Continue Reading →
Tom Stoppard’s Leopoldstadt, directed by Patrick Marber and produced by Sonia Friedman Productions, will return to Wyndham’s Theatre for a 12-week run from 7 August – 30 October 2021. Casting will be announced shortly. Patrons whose bookings were affected by the Government’s previous directives will be contacted from today Friday 23 April 2021 regarding their... Continue Reading →
‘Quentin Crisp: Naked Hope’, a glorious, truthful and uplifting celebration of a genuinely unique human being, multi award-winning cabaret-musical ‘A Super Happy Story (About Feeling Super Sad)’ and acclaimed play ‘Black Is The Color of My Voice’ starring Fringe First award winner Apphia Campbell, are to be presented together in a short season at Wilton’s... Continue Reading →
Acclaimed new musical ‘Public Domain’ has released the song and video ‘TIK TOK’ ahead of its live world premiere in the West End. Adam Lenson, the show’s director, said: “This video release gives audiences a taste of the exciting, multi-sensory world that they will experience when they watch the live world premiere of ‘Public Domain’ at... Continue Reading →
